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The Expropriation Act DOES allow property confiscation, despite what some claim. FMF Head of Policy Martin van Staden explains how this threatens property rights, economic stability, and South Africa’s preferential trade ties, including AGOA. Read our press release here:

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BrianGriffinvor 1 Jahr

@Martin_ASFL All property. Not just land 👇🏻

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ANDILE BRUCE DUMEZWENIvor 1 Jahr

@Martin_ASFL One of those white racists foundations... blah! blah! Blah! Go back and read the act, find someone to help you analyze it.

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@Martin_ASFL NOT without compensation and not at a whim from government....

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The expropriation bill will not stop with only land. It is a very vague interpretation when it comes to implementing it into law. These 30 percenters will try and use vague interpretations to take what they want. They will get clever white legal minds to help them do this by paying them a shit load of money.

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@Martin_ASFL @PieterDuToit @pietcroucamp @AdriaanBasson @StephenGrootes julle moet luister. Dalk leer jul iets.

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@Martin_ASFL So you telling me, that now lawyer interpreted the Act on their behalf? Everyone is just going off on miscommunication?

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@Martin_ASFL We not apposing it.

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@Martin_ASFL South Korea implemented land reform using the same policies, and now they are one of the richest countries in the world. You are wrong with your assessment. @54Battalion @MzwaneleManyi

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@Martin_ASFL Why is everyone only focusing on property, what about some views on farmers, employment and tender rules etc?

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@Martin_ASFL Yes it’s going to happen to those that did occupy the land correctly… for example is the owner paid market value for the land, Like Sun City … and was the land paid for, like Orania.. and it also stops future illegal land occupation, like Cape independence… we know🤭

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It's shameful that sitting members of Congress have not read or have no idea what the Loper Bright Supreme Court decision actually does. In Energy and Commerce Committee today, Lee Zeldin and I set the record straight on this landmark case and how the EPA under President Donald J. Trump is faithfully reading the Clean Air Act instead of weaponizing it. Watch our conversation here:

It's shameful that sitting members of Congress have not read or have no idea what the Loper Bright Supreme Court decision actually does. In Energy and Commerce Committee today, Lee Zeldin and I set the record straight on this landmark case and how the EPA under President Donald J. Trump is faithfully reading the Clean Air Act instead of weaponizing it. Watch our conversation here:

Rep. August Pfluger

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This is a must-watch: Just as the Irish language was “colonised,” the same has happened to many indigenous languages in South Africa. The BELA Act is not only aimed at “colonising” Afrikaans; it is also designed to prevent the development of other indigenous languages. This legislation makes the government and the The Presidency 🇿🇦 complicit in ensuring that our indigenous languages and their speakers are treated “VERY BADLY,” as President Trump would say. The BELA Act is, therefore, an act of aggression by the ANC leadership and government, seeking to destroy the existence of Afrikaans cultural communities and all other cultural communities in the country. AfriForum will continue to fight for mother-tongue education by opposing the oppression imposed by the BELA Act, just as we are fighting for property rights by opposing the Expropriation Act to prevent all people in this country from being harmed by a Zimbabwe-style crisis.

This is a must-watch: Just as the Irish language was “colonised,” the same has happened to many indigenous languages in South Africa. The BELA Act is not only aimed at “colonising” Afrikaans; it is also designed to prevent the development of other indigenous languages. This legislation makes the government and the The Presidency 🇿🇦 complicit in ensuring that our indigenous languages and their speakers are treated “VERY BADLY,” as President Trump would say. The BELA Act is, therefore, an act of aggression by the ANC leadership and government, seeking to destroy the existence of Afrikaans cultural communities and all other cultural communities in the country. AfriForum will continue to fight for mother-tongue education by opposing the oppression imposed by the BELA Act, just as we are fighting for property rights by opposing the Expropriation Act to prevent all people in this country from being harmed by a Zimbabwe-style crisis.

Kallie Kriel

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